Deputy Clinical Lead for Neuromyelitis Optica Hss - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This post holder will join the NMO team to receive training and expertise in NMO and the running of the service.

This role aims to run for three years with progression to take a 50% role in the NMO service following achievement of required competencies.

The neurology department provides a regional and superregional tertiary service in addition to a general neurology service for local residents.

The core of Oxford-based NHS consultants (which will include this post-holder) work together with a large number of academic colleagues, together with many colleagues based at surrounding hospitals who come to Oxford to provide subspecialty services or to contribute to the provision of the general neurology service.

In total there are 38 consultant neurologists.

There are parallel in-patient services for acute general neurology (to which the post-holder will contribute), epilepsy (including video-telemetry) and neuro-immunology.

There is a large number of sub-specialist clinics, including nationally commissioned services for neurofibromatosis type 2, congenital myasthenia and neuromyelitis Optica, superregional clinics for myopathy, neuropathy, motor neurone disease, myasthenia gravis, antibody-mediated encephalitis, epilepsy, sleep, cognition and regional clinics for general neurology, multiple sclerosis, ataxia, neurogenetics, neuropsychiatry, neuro-oncology and aspects of stroke.

The department is the main tertiary centre for neurology training rotation in the Thames Valley.

The post holder will provide 2 PA's to the NMO service during the three year period, flexible between Tuesdays, Thursday and Fridays

This will include:

NMO clinics to build up the persons NMO clinical expertise, Oxford Adult and Paediatric clinic on Tuesdays and the occasional outreach clinic to allow the post holder to build a good rapport with the other NMO outreach centres, the Oxford NMO Service provides outreach clinic's in Southampton, Plymouth, Brighton, Gloucester and London (Kings/St Georges/Royal London/GOSH).
Management meetings: varied and may include a monthly Thursday morning team meeting this post holder can set up.
Commissioning meetings: the post holder will learn about running highly specialised services, which involve activities, tariffs, finances, annual report, service specification overview, outsourcing and SLA.
Leadership skill development: The post holder will link across the sister Liverpool NMO site and internally with the laboratory teams currently in the NDCN and the OUH trust to deliver the service needs.
The post holder will be involved in interactions with the leads of the NHSE highly specialised service commissioners, NHSE requirements/submissions and the trust commissioning and finance and management teams.